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Tuesday, March 16th

Borough Council Appoints New Solicitor and Engineer

Perkasie's new solicitor, Ann Thornburg Weiss (9k image) Monday evening Perkasie Borough Council voted unanimously to select Ann Thornburg Weiss (photo at right) and Kate Harper, of Timoney Knox, LLP, as new Borough solicitors, replacing Mike Kracht, of Weber, Kracht & Chellew, who had submitted his resignation in December 2003. The new firm is located in Fort Washington, PA (I hope we're not paying time and mileage for travel!), and will be paid $100/hour for their services. The previous solicitor was paid $105/hour. Changing solicitors is no bargain for the Borough, however, as the new solicitor will have much to learn and it will be at Perkasie taxpayers' expense. Council didn't offer any explanation as to why a local firm more familiar with the borough wasn't selected. Council also voted to transfer all Borough-related files to the new solicitor, even for developments and legal matters near completion with the previous solicitor -- another move that could prove very wasteful of the taxpayers' dollars. They gave the new solicitor the option to involve the previous solicitor if she feels it would be advantageous to the Borough; seems kind of like letting the fox in the henhouse, but hopefully she'll at least get off to a good start with the Borough's best interests in mind.

In a much more controversial move, Council ... (continued; click the "more.." link below to read the rest of the story)
Bob Bergey on 03.16.04 @ 02:10 PM EST [more..]

Tuesday, March 2nd

Council Slams Staff, Little League, and Local Business

I left Perkasie's Borough Council meeting last night with a sick feeling in my stomach. Things are already beginning to spin out of control under the new Council.

Council members slammed, in public, every department head on Perkasie's staff. The Public Utility Supervisor was slammed for supposedly being overstaffed, by a new Councilman who hasn't done his homework. The Public Works Supervisor was slammed for not having his monthly report ready for Council (he's away on vacation) -- a very routine report that is not time critical, and for which he had cleared a later submission date with the Borough Manager, common practice in the past at vacation time and never a problem. The Borough Manager was slammed for allowing the report to be submitted late, as well as a few other things. Even the Police Chief was criticized for not knowing the sidewalks by the police station hadn't been cleared within 24 hours of the last snowstorm, despite the fact that they had been cleaned instantly when it was brought to his attention, and it wasn't his job in the first place. One councilman tried ... (continued; click the "more.." link below to read the rest of the story)
Bob Bergey on 03.02.04 @ 02:21 PM EST [more..]

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